Ida B. Wells-Barnett and Form
Ida B. Wells-Barnett in “Lynch Law in America” is trying to persuade her readers to treat blacks and whites equally in America. She wishes that everyone would be given the opportunity to have a fair trial before they are punished for the wrongs that they may or may not have committed. The form that Well-Barnett uses is how she gets her point across to her readers. I think Ross Winterowd would feel that by placing her paragraphs in the order that she does with each transformational unit in cohesive order going back to events that have happened, to events that are happening, and then moving on to events that should happen, forms her article, and helps persuade the reader to feel the way she does on the equality topic.
Part Two:
I think it would be really interesting to study the discourse of homelessness—has there been an increase, why? What areas in America is homelessness more prevalent? Whose fault is it? I think my genre samples would have to come from a variety of different sources—some stating why it is the persons’ fault that they are homeless, some blaming the government and decreases in employment, and then some from examples of people that either were or are homeless in today’s society. In order to make these types of genres effective, I will have to make sure I do not fall into one extreme decision or another. I need to follow the rules of Kenneth Burke, and step back, hesitate, and exam each and every symbol and view point.
